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"Win! Definitely won! ”

On the tower, the blood of Wei Zhenhua and his partner stirred.

"Send a report! Report to Hami! Send a report to Xi'an, and then transfer to Tokyo! Big win, big win! ”

The brass pipe at the top of the tower suddenly heard a hurried voice, which startled Wei Zhenhua.

"I—I don't have the right to report across districts...... What about Wang Louguan? ”

The herald asked Wei Zhenhua to send a cross-regional message, which is not something that ordinary beacon soldiers can do, although Wei Zhenhua has a fire in his mouth and wants to do it immediately, but the military order is like a mountain.

"Is it Wang Yu, the official of the light building? It's a pity that the front-line balloon crashed, he ......"

The voice in the brass pipe became muffled, and the balloon was put into practical use on a large scale for the first time, because it did not master the skills and timing of landing, there were two accidents, and three people were martyred, including Wang Louguan.

Wei Zhenhua was stunned, and the herald shouted twice more before he came to his senses. Wang Louguan was killed in battle, and according to the wartime system, he had to act as Wang Louguan, so he ......

The hot air was full, and his eyes were sour, Wei Zhenhua suppressed the tears and slapped his partner on the shoulder: "Turn on the lights!" Why are you still stunned! ”

Nine bright lights lit up, Wei Zhenhua exhaled a long breath, pressed the handle hard, the remembrance of his boss and the joy of victory all turned into strength, which made his mind extremely clear.

It seems that there is an official attached to Wang Lou, Wei Zhenhua, who originally only dared to touch the handle on the level, is full of confidence, every knowledge learned in the light training camp, and every detail of the instructor's guidance during the training. It was so clear in his mind, and the movements of his hands were like flowing water, without any hindrance.

The click- The bezel opens and closes, long or short, to a specific signal. Send a message to the beacon tower in the distance to the east.

The sun had sunset, and dozens of miles away on another beacon tower, the beacon men were close to the telescopes, staring intently at the western light signals.

"The p.s. number is...... Qian, Kun, is the highest level of cross-regional emergency report! ”

"The main number is...... Redeem, shake, and gen, remember, redeem, shake, and gen! ”

The veteran trumpeters are observing, and the junior ones are recording.

Repeat after ten seconds. You observe, I'll record! ”

Then the two changed positions and confirmed that the records were correct.

"Dui, Zhen, Gen, it seems to be ......"

"It's a clear name, huh...... I've forgotten the sign, but this is the first time I've passed it. ”

The two of them turned the signal and sent a signal to the west to confirm receipt. The two were still muttering as they pushed the light back to the east.

"I remember, yes...... Victory! ”

"That's right, I won!"

Then the two of them came to their senses and shouted excitedly. The rear-facing signals are also exceptionally smooth.

Qiankun, the signal of the exchange, the earthquake and the Gen are transmitted between one after another light towers, and the light communication line built in the Western Regions uses the Bagua signal, and every three groups of signals are a section of information, constituting a basic hexagram, and then composed of three hexagrams to form a basic message.

The light line is divided into the Western Regions according to the region, and the internal military signal is mostly protected, only to Hami, which transmits a cipher signal, which needs to be interpreted with the help of a codebook determined in advance, and another signal is to Xi'an, which is used to transmit emergency messages to the Shaanxi-Gansu-Qingning Theater, which is responsible for the rear support of the Western Regions, and is also a cipher signal. The third signal is to ask Xi'an to report an urgent report to the Tokyo Commander-in-Chief, using a clear sign.

At about two o'clock in March, after the relay of more than 20 lighthouse towers, the news of the great victory reached Hami, the temporary administrative center of the Western Regions. This section of the beacon tower is combined with the military fort, which is a new route that Wu Ya spent a lot of effort to build last year.

Since Hami, the lighthouse has been built on a high place, no longer relying on the fortress for protection, which is already a place of peace for the empire. …,

Passing through Gansu and going all the way to Xi'an, at dawn, the light tower outside Xi'an was finally lit up to confirm the light. Thousands of miles away, the news of the victory flew to the city overnight from hundreds of beacon towers and communication lines set up by hundreds of professional beacon soldiers. Yinghua's investment in Northwest China for many years has been fully effective for the first time.

In the early morning of March 6, the flying horse galloped out from Xi'an Nanyi, and followed the route of the Wuxi Straight Road, heading southeast for a thousand miles. The Wuxi Straight Road was not completed, but the project was carried out at two points in opposite directions, and it is still about half of the middle section of the road, which is connected by the provincial road.

On the afternoon of March 8, the flying horse entered the Hanyang Post Station, and in less than half an hour, a steamer with black smoke slowly started and headed east.

On March 11, in Weiyang Palace, Tokyo, Li Xian was pinching his belly, and reluctantly waved his sleeves to signal the attendants to remove the sumptuous breakfast, leaving a cup of soy milk and a nest head.

"Victory ......"

Then he received an urgent report from five days across thousands of miles, and spit it out in one breath, Li Xian's face was not shocked, but his heart was so happy that he wanted to look up to the sky and laugh, okay, the northwest is decided!

"What's that...... Don't take it down, add another fried steamed bun slices! ”

He hurriedly stopped the attendants, and before he had a good drink, he had to eat and eat well, as for dieting and losing weight...... Whatever!

It's a pity that as soon as the steamed bun slices were delivered, Xiao Sheng, Fan Jin, Xue Xue and Chen Wance and other important civil and military ministers appeared with joy. Including Li Xian, he never doubted that the army had won a complete victory in the Western Regions, but it was really unexpected that the decisive battle of Luntai came so quickly and won so neatly.

This victory was at least a year earlier than expected, which means that the strategic focus of Yinghua in the Western Regions for many years can finally be shifted, and many of the affairs that have been pressed before can be done freely and prepared early.

"I haven't had breakfast yet, well, there's something ready-made."

Seeing that the four of them came in a hurry, each with a belly of articles, Li Shi said politely.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for breakfast!"

"You're welcome!"

Chen Wance, Xue Xue and Xiao Sheng did not refuse, and the sound of clicking sounded directly in Fan Jin's mouth, watching the chopsticks of the four people flying, his favorite fried steamed bun slices disappeared in an instant, and Li Xian's forehead secretly burst into blue tendons......

"The Army's budget originally allocated for this year should be reduced. Transferred to Shaanxi to prepare for the Northern Expedition. ”

"It's time to invest in North-South affairs! The encirclement and suppression of the Manchu emperors and Jin merchants can be carried out in advance, which requires at least tens of millions! ”

"The Western Regions are determined. It should be like Mobei, along the military fort line to resettle and resettle, this matter is particularly important. The preliminary project will cost at least 20 million! ”

Sure enough, Xiao Sheng and Xue Chen immediately competed for the budget. In the past two or three years, excluding the cause of inflation, the British and Chinese national income has also increased sharply at a rate of at least 10 percent per year, but the central authorities feel that their hands are tight on both the military and the political side, because the military expenditure of the Western Regions is as high as more than 20 million yuan a year. Luntai won a great victory, and the main force of Dzungaria was wiped out. It means that there is no need to maintain 200,000 troops in the Western Regions, and the central budget needs to breathe a sigh of relief.

In the grass hall, the three of them fought and quarreled non-stop, while the other two ate in silence, and the sound of clattering and clattering. After all, Li Xi is the emperor who has the four seas, and it doesn't take much effort to let the imperial dining room fry the steamed buns again.

Swallow the last slice to your heart's content. Li Shi wiped his mouth and looked at Fan Jin, who was burping. Seeing that this one-eyed Xiucai was also shy, and his waist was obviously thicker than his own, Li Xian was overjoyed in his heart, and said lightly on his face: "Xiucai." What do you think? ”

is nearly fifty years old, and Fan Jin at this time has long lost the sharp and knife-like aura of his youth, and because he hugged his grandson early, the whole person looks much more upright and peaceful. …,

He shook his head and said: "The army can be abolished, but the funds cannot be reduced. ”

The West of the Western Regions!?

Everyone was stunned, this show is too big, right? The established national policy of Yinghua is to restore the homeland of the Han and Tang dynasties, and after this war, it is almost over, and the surrounding khanates are scattered alien races, what effort should be spent on them? It is good to bully them with the power of this war, in exchange for a deferential posture, and let the people seek their own benefits if there is any benefit, why should the country make a big move?

Fan Jin shook his head and said, "After the destruction of the Dzungar Khanate, the pattern of the western region will undergo major changes. Russia is blocked in the North Sea and the Tangnu-Uliang Sea, and pressure is bound to increase in this direction. And we have gained the Western Regions, and we have deeper ties with many tribes in the West and even in the Russian territories......"

Li Xi nodded and said, "The Western Regions need to be determined for a hundred years, and it can even be seen together with the trend of Tianzhu." In addition, after this war, there should be a clear statement about the future of Uszang, and now that the Great Court Meeting will be convened, let Honglu Temple send news to the Panchen Lama, and my patience is also limited......"

Luntai won a great victory, and the Yinghua Western chess game entered the official stage, and in the thatched cottage of Weiyang Palace, the future fate of the Western Regions, Wusizang and even the Western Central Asian khanates in the Western Regions was determined one by one in the breakfast discussion between the emperor and important ministers.

By 20 March, the detailed battle report had arrived in Tokyo by the military post for thousands of miles, and all the newspapers were in red to report the good news of the great victory in the Western Regions, and in a courtyard in the Dongshan Sanatorium in Dongting, Taihu Lake, a group of people gathered together to discuss a thin old man in his early sixties and sitting in a wheelchair with gray sideburns.

"I have taken care of the affairs of the Western Regions, and if I want to determine the Western Regions, I have to determine the West of the Western Regions!"

Xinjueluo-Yinzhen, who is known as Ai Yin Zhen, patted his unconscious thighs, and his words were particularly powerful.

"Although Dzungaria is decided, plus the Khalkha Mongolian tribes, the main Mongolian vein has entered the country. For the country, this is both a gain and a hidden crisis. Where is the crisis? That is the Mongolian branch scattered in the west of the Western Regions and even in the territory of the Rakshasas. They have a deep connection with Mongolia in the country, and if they are not handled well, it is difficult to say that there will be another disaster in Mobei and the Western Regions. ”

Yinzhen was full of "country", but Yinyu, Hongli and others sitting around didn't care about it, so they pricked up their ears and listened.

"Most of the Turkut is still in Russia, and the remnants of the former Chagatai Khanate are still in the southern foothills of the Tien Shan Mountains and the areas around Aiukhan (Afghanistan) and Urut. Since the country has received the main Mongolian lineage, it has to give an account for these Mongolian branches, and if the explanation is insufficient, it will give the Rakshasa and even those khanates in the west of the Western Regions the opportunity to make trouble. ”

"Pull the radish and bring up the vine, the southern foot of the Tianshan Mountains Hui is powerful, the Central Asian khanates are the country of Islam, the country has always been tough on the Hui department, the Ningxia rebellion has made them panic, after the victory of Luntai, presumably the southern route army will soon win in Khotan, Yarkand to Kashgar line, the green ridge is the hometown of the Han and Tang dynasties, and the red clothes will arrive in the green ridge, which will definitely cause chaos in the khanates. I don't know the size of this mess, but if it is combined with the subsequent Mongolian lineage, the future is unpredictable. ”

Therefore, if the country wants to Anxi Domain, it must be the west of Anxi Domain, and whether it is the Mongolian branch or the Hui Khanate, the entanglement is too complicated, and it cannot be cooked by simmering over a slow fire. The only way to figure this out is to cut it down with a quick knife! The Holy Dao sent Wu Ya into the Western Regions, not only hoping that he would win the Western Regions, but also borrowing him as a butcher to determine the Western Regions. ”

Yin Zhen glanced at everyone, and his tone was full of confidence: "In this way, this battle is just setting the tone of the Western Regions, and it is not over." It will take at least a few years to determine the Western Regions, and one or two more mistakes similar to the Yinding Temple will continue to drag on. The Northern Expedition was by no means something that could be carried out in the past two years. (To be continued)